Korea Times Politics & City Reporter
Jung Min-ho has worked as a staff writer at The Korea Times since 2012, mostly covering social and political issues. He currently belongs to the Politics & City Desk where he covers topics such as health, labor and human rights. Prior to joining the team, he was responsible for covering North Korea and sports. His article about a biosecurity breach of Middle East respiratory syndrome won him an award from the Korea Science Journalists Association in 2016. He is also the co-author of the book, "Medical Pioneers of Korea" (2019). He served as the head of the international relations committee at the Journalists Association of Korea from 2021 to 2023.
Defections by members of the North Korean elite, such as diplomats and overseas students, increased in 2023 to the highest number in years, serving as a clear indication of growing discontent and division within the ruling class.
As Russian President Vladimir Putin cordially greeted North Korea’s top diplomat in Moscow on Tuesday (local time), a Kremlin spokesman confirmed that the Russian leader will visit Pyongyang “at a convenient time.”
At age 4, she lost the tip of her finger due to an accident. Two years later, she lost her mother to tuberculosis. To take care of her sick grandmother, she decided not to go to college. After being deported by Chinese authorities, she even spent months in a North Korean prison.
North Korea said on Monday it successfully test-fired a new solid-fuel missile tipped with a hypersonic maneuverable warhead, marking the latest breakthrough that analysts said poses a significant threat to South Korea’s air defense system.
A group of Russian tourists are expected to enter North Korea next month after the regime decided to open its borders to foreign visitors for the first time since the COVID-19 outbreak.
More than 17 young North Koreans were prosecuted for watching unsanctioned videos and using South Korean slang in 2023 as the regime strengthened its control over almost every aspect of people’s lives, according to a report published Thursday (U.S. time).
South Korea will continue to focus on strengthening deterrence against North Korea’s intensifying threats, said new Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul on Thursday, rejecting any possibility of altering the country's long-held denuclearization policy.
Despite international calls for the improvement of human rights, the Pyongyang regime is doubling down on its reign of terror with draconian new laws and cruel practices, according to a white paper released, Wednesday.
While some experts had suspected that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's birthday would be different this year, he turned 40 on Monday without any public celebration or recognition.
When North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s daughter, known as Ju-ae, made her first public appearance in late 2022, few analysts saw her as his successor, with some suggesting that his sister, Kim Yo-jong, was more likely to take the throne if something happens to his ability to rule.